Prenatal stress in farm animals: A survey;Pränataler stress bei nutztieren: Eine übersicht

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 73-81

  Gräbner, Maria ^a   Kanitz, Ellen ^a   Otten, Winfried ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Farm animals; Gestation; Glucocorticoids; Growth; Offspring; Prenatal stress; Stress regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 62249148816     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-122-73     Document Type: Review

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